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Ville Lång

{{short description|Finnish badminton player}}

{{Infobox badminton player

| name = Ville Lång

| image = Ville Lång.JPG

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| country = Finland

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|02|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lahti, Finland{{cite web|title=Ville LANG Player Profile|url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/biography.aspx?id=DF71F833-E503-4FE9-A991-D2128441CDB0|website=bwf.tournamentsoftware.com|access-date=18 January 2016}}

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| residence = Helsinki, Finland

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

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| handedness = Right

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| event = Men's singles

| highest_ranking = 21

| date_of_highest_ranking = March 2009{{cite news |title=Ville Lång lopettaa sulkapallouransa ja kiittää vanhempiaan uhrautumisesta: "Sitä kiitollisuudenvelkaa ei pysty ikinä maksamaan takaisin" |url=https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000005067727.html |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=31 January 2017 |access-date=22 April 2021 |language=fi |url-access=subscription}}

| retired = 31 January 2016

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{{MedalSport | Men's badminton }}

{{MedalCountry | {{FIN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Men's Team Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 Basel | Men's team }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Junior Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 Esbjerg | Men's singles }}

| bwfbadminton_id = 15453

| bwf_id = DF71F833-E503-4FE9-A991-D2128441CDB0

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Ville Lång (born 14 February 1985) is a badminton player from Finland.{{cite web|title= Ville Lång |url=http://rio.sulkapallo.fi/rio-team/pelaajat/ville-lang/ |website=rio.sulkapallo.fi |publisher=Badminton Finland |access-date=5 September 2016 |language=fi}} He won ten consecutive Finland's National Championship men's singles titles in 2005–2014, and 3 men's doubles title in 2010, 2011, and 2017. In 2003, he won bronze at the European Junior Championships. Lång competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He announced his retirement on 31 January 2016, and received a meritorious service award from BWF.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sulkapallo.fi/2017/01/31/ville-lang-paatti-menestyksekkaan-huippusulkapalloilijan-uransa/ |title=Ville Lång päätti menestyksekkään huippusulkapalloilijan uransa |website=Sulkapalloliitto |access-date=31 January 2017 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Athletes' Commission |url=https://corporate.bwfbadminton.com/players/athletes-commission/ |website=bwfbadminton.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=22 April 2021}} After retiring from the international competition, Lång started his coaching career first in Paris where he coached the league team Aulnay-sous-Bois after which he has been the head coach of one local club in Sweden. In 2019, he was elected as vice chairman of the BWF Athletes' Commission to represent the needs and views of athletes to the BWF council and committees.

Achievements

= European Junior Championships =

Boys' singles

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! Year

! Venue

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2003

| align="left" | Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark

| align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Marc Zwiebler

| align="left" | 8–15, 6–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | Bronze Bronze

= BWF Grand Prix (1 title) =

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2014

| align="left" | Scottish Open

| align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} Wang Tzu-wei

| align="left" | 17–21, 22–20, 21–16

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

: {{Color box|#FFFF67|border=darkgray}} BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

: {{Color box|#D4F1C5|border=darkgray}} BWF Grand Prix tournament

= BWF International Challenge/Series (14 titles, 11 runner-ups) =

Men's singles

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! Year

! Tournament

! Opponent

! Score

! Result

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| align="center" | 2005

| align="left" | Slovak International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|POL}} Przemysław Wacha

| align="left" | 15–12, 9–15, 9–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2006

| align="left" | Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Koukal

| align="left" | 21–18, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D5D5D5"

| align="center" | 2006

| align="left" | Scottish International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|WAL}} Zhu Min

| align="left" | 21–16, 14–21, 21–17

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D5D5D5"

| align="center" | 2007

| align="left" | Hungarian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Jan Ø. Jørgensen

| align="left" | 6–21, 5–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2008

| align="left" | Croatian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Erwin Kehlhoffner

| align="left" | 21–17, 21–6

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2008

| align="left" | Banuinvest International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|EST}} Raul Must

| align="left" | 21–17, 21–18

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2008

| align="left" | Polish International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Marc Zwiebler

| align="left" | 15–21, 13–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2008

| align="left" | European Circuit Finals

| align="left" | {{flagicon|GER}} Marc Zwiebler

| align="left" | 14–21, 21–19, 19–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2008

| align="left" | White Nights

| align="left" | {{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Vondra

| align="left" | 21–15, 21–8

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2008

| align="left" | Norwegian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Henri Hurskainen

| align="left" | 21–13, 21–8

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2009

| align="left" | Estonian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Kasper Ipsen

| align="left" | 21–14, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D5D5D5"

| align="center" | 2009

| align="left" | Turkey International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Henri Hurskainen

| align="left" | 21–14, 21–23, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2010

| align="left" | Finnish International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|EST}} Raul Must

| align="left" | 11–21, 10–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{Silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2010

| align="left" | Hungarian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Yuhan Tan

| align="left" | 22–20, 21–16

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2010

| align="left" | Scottish International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Anand Pawar

| align="left" | 9–21, 10–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Estonian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|EST}} Raul Must

| align="left" | 21–15, 21–14

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Dutch International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Hans-Kristian Vittinghus

| align="left" | 21–18, 15–21, 4–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Norwegian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Emil Holst

| align="left" | 19–21, 21–11, 21–10

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2011

| align="left" | Italian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Abián

| align="left" | 21–13, 14–21, 13–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2012

| align="left" | Estonian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|EST}} Raul Must

| align="left" | 21–8, 21–15

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

style="background:#D8CEF6"

| align="center" | 2013

| align="left" | Denmark International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Viktor Axelsen

| align="left" | 17–21, 8–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2013

| align="left" | White Nights

| align="left" | {{flagicon|FIN}} Eetu Heino

| align="left" | 14–21, 21–17, 9–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2014

| align="left" | Swedish Masters

| align="left" | {{flagicon|SWE}} Henri Hurskainen

| align="left" | 16–21, 21–14, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

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| align="center" | 2015

| align="left" | Swiss International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin

| align="left" | 19–21, 21–16, 11–21

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} Runner-up

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| align="center" | 2016

| align="left" | Estonian International

| align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lucas Claerbout

| align="left" | 21–17, 21–19

| style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} Winner

: {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} BWF International Challenge tournament

: {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} BWF International Series tournament

: {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} BWF Future Series tournament

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.badmintoneurope.com/page.aspx?id=12642 European results]
  • {{SR/Olympics profile|la/ville-lang-1}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Ville}}

Category:1985 births

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Category:Sportspeople from Lahti

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Category:Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Category:20th-century Finnish people

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